Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

manigaq- maääuq
manigaq- vt. to gamble; to bet.
maniiáaq n. 1) even ground (without any tussocks).
2) bankrupt person, broke person (without
money). Lit: 'without money'. 3) steep cliff.
maniiq- vi. to become bankrupt; to run out of money.
Syn: maniit-; mialuk-.
maniit- vi. to be bankrupt, to have no money. Syn:
maniiq-; mialuk-.
manik n. money, gold, precious metal.
maniksuq- vi. to be extravagant; to spend a lot of
money.
maniliqiri n. banker, accountant; money exchanger.
manimmi- 1) vi. to be stoic, to be impassive, to
endure something unpleasant, to accept reproach
without a word. 2) to leave exposed.
manimmiágun n. patience; impassivity. Syn:
anuqsruâiq.
maniññak- vi. to receive money; to become rich.
maniññaäniq n. source of income, money-maker.
maniäñiaàvik n. land for prospecting.
maniäñiaqti n. prospector.
maniäñiq n. mountain slope, hill side, slope facing
the sun.
maniq n. 1) tussock, clump grass, moss. Variant:
maniàaaq; maniàruaq. 2) the hot side of a
stove.
maniuraq n. coin.
manna dem.pron. this one around here (Absolutive,
sing.). Suviksraiáaaq manna. This here (is) a
desert. Manna pisutlaiáaaq mamititkauruq.
This lame man was healed. Syn: una. See:
matkuak, matkua.
marruma this one around here (Relative, sing.).
Variant: mattuma.
marrumani this one around here (locative).
Variant: mattumani.
marrumuäa toward this one around here
(terminalis). Variant: mattumuäa.
marrumakäa from this one around here
(ablative). Variant: mattumaääa.
marrumuuna through this one around here
(vialis). Variant: mattumuuna.
marrumatun like this one around here
(similaris). Variant: mattumatun.
marrumiäa this one around here, with this one
around here (modalis). Variant: mattumiäa.
manna mannaa n. game of tag (two teams each
have a home base and a jail circle. The object is
to circle the opposing team's home base and
return home without being tagged. A player is
put in the jail circle if he is tagged and can be
taken out only if a member of his team runs into
the jail and frees him. The player is considered
"safe" if he enters the opposite team's home base
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before being tagged. The team with the
highestscore wins.).
manna mannaaq- vi. to play a game of manna
mannaa.
mannik n. egg.
manniáiqqun n. egg beater.
mannisaq n. shield.
mannisaq- vt. 1) to shield oneself. 2) to protect
oneself behind another person, to protect oneself
(using something for a shield). Syn: mannisigi-;
saamiutaq-; uluàiaq-.
mannisigi- vt. to protect oneself (using something
for a shield). Syn: mannisaq-; saamiutaq-.
mannium sauniäa n. eggshell.
manäaiqsruq- vi. to cringe, to flinch, to tense up.
See: siqquqsi-; tupinäa-.
manäait- vi. to be afraid, to be fearful. Syn:
ataniqsraq-; tataigi-.
manäatchak- vt. to cause someone to tense up, to
cause someone to cringe. Variant:
manäatchai-.
manäiaq n. wrist guard (made of bone and worn by
archers).
manäuq- vi. 1) to thaw (meat). 2) to decrease. See:
mikâi- ; uvlik-. Variant: manäuqsi-.
manäuqsi vi. to thaw (of food), to defrost.
manäuqsiq- vt. to thaw something.
manäuqsirriuti- vt. to defrost, to cause to thaw, to
set out for thawing.
manu n. the front side (of a shirt or a parka).
manuàlu n. frost on the ruff (around face). Syn:
kaniq.
manuàluli- vi. to form frost around the face, to
become covered with frost. See: kaniq-.
manuàmik- vt. to carry something under one's chin.
manuàun n. 1) neckband (for keeping chin and neck
warm). 2) fur around one's mouth for protection
from cold. 3) bib, to protect from dribbling. Syn:
manuiááisaq.
manuluk- vi. to drool, to drivel, to slobber, to slaver,
to have a wet shirt or parka front.
manusiññak n. front strips on parka yoke (tusk
design). See: nigraq. Variant: manusriññak.
manusuk- vt. to protect one's chin inside the parka.
maäiaq- vi. to fall down face first. Syn: kunikkaq-.
Variant: maäik-; mikik- (C).
maäiaq- vt. to tear off food (with teeth), to bite off
food (without using a knife), to gnaw on. See:
kigiq-; kiämaq-; kipchaq-; ugiaq-.
maäiksaq n. bone already gnawed; a bone, still with
meat to chew on. Syn: kipchaq.
maääuat n. ancestors (of very long ago). See:
amauq; sivulliat.
maääuq n. 1) foundation ; a root. 2) dug-out (shelter).